The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office says a 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with the deaths of nearly 70,000 chickens.

Authorities say Joshua Shelton has been charged with burglary, malicious destruction of property and trespassing.

The sheriff's office says the owner of a farm on East Line Road in Delmar told a deputy early Saturday that the power had been turned off in three poultry houses, which deprived the chickens of food, water and cooling fans.

Shelton was found lying in the power control shed. Authorities say he was wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts and smelled of alcohol.

The sheriff's office says the deputy determined that Shelton had turned off the circuit breakers that controlled electricity to the poultry houses.
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cushioncrawler

08-29-2012, 07:08 AM

Meanwhile back at the ranch, tonto, disguised az a door had hiz knob pulled off, and despite the power outage, all of the free range chickens didnt notice a thing.
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The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office says a 21-month-old chicken has been charged in connection with the deaths of nearly 70,000 slaves.

Authorities say Chicken Little has been charged with burglary, malicious destruction of property and trespassing.

The sheriff's office says the owner of a plantation on East Line Road in Delmar told a deputy early Saturday that the power had been turned off in three slave sheds, which deprived the slaves of food, water and cooling fans.

Little was found lying in the power control shed. Authorities say he was wearing a cock and feathers and smelled of alcohol.

The sheriff's office says the deputy determined that Little had turned off the circuit breakers that controlled electricity to the slave sheds.
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The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office says a 21-month-old chicken has been charged in connection with the deaths of nearly 70,000 slaves.

Authorities say Chicken Little has been charged with burglary, malicious destruction of property and trespassing.

The sheriff's office says the owner of a plantation on East Line Road in Delmar told a deputy early Saturday that the power had been turned off in three slave sheds, which deprived the slaves of food, water and cooling fans.

Little was found lying in the power control shed. Authorities say he was wearing a cock and feathers and smelled of alcohol.

The sheriff's office says the deputy determined that Little had turned off the circuit breakers that controlled electricity to the slave sheds.
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His great, great grandaddy was a rebel, too.

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Nut

DiabloViejo

08-30-2012, 12:26 AM

70,000 chickens has got to add up to a felony charge. What a moron! LOL

Psycho chicken: http://youtu.be/UnBlst3T7bY

Soflasnapper

08-30-2012, 09:24 PM

I wonder how much earlier these chickens died than their destiny otherwise dictated. I suppose the might have been hens laying eggs, and not set for slaughter, but that guy looks like a rooster to my eyes.

Killing animals by semi-natural causes under a death sentence to be killed by throat-slitting? Ironic.

But it probably did cost the farmer a lot of money, despite saving on the electricity.